toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
fate; destiny; predestination
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
half-holiday; sixth round (in a game of 12 rounds)
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
half-holiday; taking half of the day off
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to say; to be pleased to say
limbs; arms and legs; body
stretch (of a material); stretch material; stretch (exercise); stretching; stretch; straight (course)
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
destruction; ruin; nirvana; cessation (of earthly desires); dying (from overwhelming emotion); being overwhelmed (by something)
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
erection (of the penis); becoming erect; stiffening; welling up (of an emotion)
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
singularity; singular point
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
amplitude; (degree of) instability; volatility; fluctuation
living by oneself; living alone
to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite; to rouse; to stir
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
good policy; wise policy; best plan
arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
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